Dujiangyan City
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| Dujiangyan Guan County |
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| Dujiangyan City | |
| Chinese transcription(s) | |
| - Characters | 都江堰 |
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| - Pinyin | Dūjiāngyàn |
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| Coordinates (dm): 30°54′N 103°30′E / 30.9°N 103.5°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Prefecture | Chengdu |
| City seat | Guankou (灌口镇) |
| Area | |
| - Total | 1,208 km2 (466.4 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| - Total | 600,000 |
| - Density | 496.7/km2 (1,286.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Website | http://www.djy.gov.cn/ |
Dujiangyan (simplified Chinese: 都江堰; traditional Chinese: 都江堰; pinyin: Dūjiāngyàn) is a county-level city of Chengdu, Sichuan Province in China. It has an area of 1208 square kilometers and a population of 600,000 in 2003.[1]
Dujiangyan used to be a county named Guanxian or Guan County (simplified Chinese: 灌县; traditional Chinese: 灌縣; pinyin: Guànxiàn), in Chinese literally "irrigation" (guan) county (xian). The People's Republic of China created a county-level city in 1988, and renamed it in honor of the Dujiangyan Irrigation System, which is located in the northwestern area of the city, famous for still providing neighboring major city Chengdu with water even though it was built around 250 BC.
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[edit] History
Around 250 BC during the Warring States Period (475-221BC), Li Bing, a governor of Shu in the Qin state (present Sichuan Province) with his son directed the construction of Dujiangyan. The governor gave up the old way of dam building, which was simply trying to catch the floodwaters. Instead he employed a new method by channeling and dividing the water to harness the Min River. He accomplished this by separating the project into two main parts: the headwork and the irrigation system. The project effectively put flood waters under control. For over two thousand years the whole system has functioned perfectly, serving not only for flood prevention but also as an immense source for irrigation and a means to facilitate shipping and wood drifting. It has contributed greatly to the richness of Chengdu Plain with its reputation as "The Land of Abundance".
On 12 May 2008, the city was the closest to the epicenter the 2008 Sichuan earthquake and the city suffered severe damage. Xinjian Primary School, Juyuan Middle School, and Xiang'e Middle School collapsed in the earthquake; Beijie Primary School did not collapse.[2][3][4]
[edit] Administrative divisions
Dujiangyan has 17 towns and 2 townships:
- Towns:
- Guankou (灌口镇)
- Xingfu (幸福镇)
- Puyang (蒲阳镇)
- Juyuan (聚源镇)
- Chongyi (崇义镇)
- Tianma (天马镇)
- Shiyang (石羊镇)
- Liujie (柳街镇)
- Yutang (玉堂镇)
- Zhongxing (中兴镇)
- Qingchengshan (青城山镇)
- Longchi (龙池镇)
- Xujia (胥家镇)
- Anlong (安龙镇)
- Daguan (大观镇)
- Zipingpu (紫坪铺镇)
- Cuiyuehu (翠月湖镇)
- Townships:
- Xiang'e (向峨乡)
- Hongkou (虹口乡)
[edit] Transport
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ (Chinese) Profile of Dujiangyan City.
- ^ "Chinese Are Left to Ask Why Schools Crumbled." The New York Times.
- ^ "Provincial authority outlines school collapse reasons." China.org.
- ^ "Overwhelmed by death, Sichuan disinfects." Reuters India.
[edit] References
- "Dujiangyan." ChinaCulture. 2003. Ministry of Culture. 13 Nov. 2006 <http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_travel/2003-09/24/content_35909.htm>.
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